Two promotions at Bank of Ireland to strengthen intermediary mortgage team
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27 January 2020
Bank of Ireland UK has today announced two internal promotions within its mortgage sales team.
Lauren Wiles and Andy Cooke move from Business Development Managers to become National Account Managers to help build the Bank’s growing relationships with intermediary mortgage distributors.
Prior to joining Bank of Ireland in early 2019, Lauren worked as a broker with Mortgage Advice Bureau. Andy has more than 25 years of experience in financial services including time as a financial adviser and as a self-employed mortgage adviser. So both Lauren and Andy bring strong insights of the intermediary mortgage market and a deep understanding of the opportunities and challenges facing today’s intermediaries.
Lauren and Andy will report to Iain Smith, Head of Intermediaries and work closely with Alan Longhorn, National Sales Manager and his team of BDM’s.
Iain Smith, Head of Intermediaries, Bank of Ireland UK: “Both Andy and Lauren have done a terrific job in recent years, and I’m delighted we can support their career development. Our distribution continues to grow as the mortgage market evolves. Feedback from our partners continues to be positive, and the Bank of Ireland UK team will continue to support our wider network of brokers and these hires will help strengthen that support.”
Lauren Wiles, Account Manager, Bank of Ireland UK: “This is an exciting time to be in the business and to take up this new role. Our distribution has grown so I look forward to the opportunities to build closer relationships with intermediaries.”
Andy Cooke, Account Manager, Bank of Ireland UK: “There’s growing demand for support across areas such as complex incomes and the self-employed market. I’m looking forward to stepping up to support the business and our presence among intermediaries.”
About Bank of Ireland UK
Bank of Ireland has supported customers in the UK for more than 45 years, and employs 2,000 employees.
Bank of Ireland operates primarily in the UK through its wholly owned and separately incorporated subsidiary, Bank of Ireland (UK) plc, which is authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority and the Prudential Regulation Authority.
Separately capitalised and self-funded business within the Bank of Ireland Group.
Bank of Ireland UK’s purpose is to enable our customers, colleagues and communities to thrive, by being the leading partnership bank.
Supporting more than 3 million UK consumers, Bank of Ireland UK comprises:
- An established financial services partnership and foreign exchange joint venture with the Post Office
- A long-term partnership with the AA, which brings a product portfolio of personal loans, savings and mortgages to nearly 4 million AA members
- A successful mortgage business offering a broad mortgage product range to an extensive number of strategic mortgage intermediary partnerships, supported by our multi-award winning application system
- A growing UK car, asset finance and leasing business, under the Northridge Finance and Marshall Leasing brands
- A full-service retail and commercial bank in Northern Ireland.